1

The Navigation on the Northern Sea Route Today & in the Future

ROSATOMFLOT

Image by NASA

2

Oil and Gas from Murmansk

State through Suez Canal through NSR +/- days

Japan(p. Kobe)

12291 miles

37,1days

6010 miles

18,1 days -19

Korea(p. Busan)

12266 miles

37 days

6097 miles

18,4 days -18,6

China(p. Ningbo)

11848 miles

35,8 days

6577 miles

19,9 days -15,9

From Rotterdam to the Asian markets

State through Suez Canal through NSR +/-days

Japan(p. Kobe)

10969 miles

33,1 days

7610 miles

23 days - 10,1

Korea(p. Busan)

10754 miles

32,5 days

7697 miles

23,2days - 9,3

China(p. Ningbo)

10336 miles

31,2 days

8177 miles

24,7 days - 6,5

c. Drovyanoy, Yamal

Northern Sea Route

Vitino

Suez Canal

Chinap. Ningbo

Koreap. Busan

Japanp. Kobe

Murmansk Rotterdam

Northern Sea Route is the highway to European and Asian markets

3

Total of Transit Voyages in 2010-2013

2010 2011 2012 2013*Total Volume of Transit Cargo, t

111 000 820 789 1 261 545 997 358*

Total Number of Transit Voyages

4 34 46 42*

NSR Transit 2013* Cargo

Cargo Type Number of Vessels Volume, t Displacement, t Cargo Volume

Eastbound, tCargo Volume Westbound, t

Liquid 17 655 034 221 790 433 244Bulk 3 203 439 203 439LNG 1 66 868 66 868

Ballast 5 242 554 58 344 13 673General cargo 7 72 017Repositioning 9 125 482

Total: 42 997 358 368 036 280 134 717 224

* As per September 30, 2013

4

Cargo base for the Northern Sea Route

Hammerfest

Narvik

Oulu

Primorsk,Ust-Luga

Murmansk

p. Vitino

p. Sabetta

Hokkaido

KobeBusanQingdao

Prince Rupert

Vancouver

Beaufort Sea

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

West-East East-West

LNG(p. Sabetta, Hammerfest) Iron Ore (Murmansk, Narvik) Crude Oil (Primorsk) Gas condensate (Ust-Luga, p. Vitino)

Coal (Prince Rupert, Vancouver) Fish (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Hokkaido) Light oil products (Busan, Inchon) Seasonal container cargoes (Busan, Hokkaido)

Total: 15 mln. transit tons per year + 15 mln. LNG from p. Sabetta + 10 mln. tons of oil from Noviy Port

Inchon

Transit 15 mln. tonsLNG from Yamal p-la 15 mln. tons

10 mln. tons of oil

5

Atomic Icebreaking Fleet of Russia

Atomic Icebreakers of “Taimyr” type:Propulsion Capacity – 35 MW;Water displacement 21000 t;i/b “Taimyr” – 30.06.1989 i/b “Yaygach” – 25.07.1990

Atomic icebreakers of “Arktika” type:Propulsion Capacity – 54 MW;Water displacement – 23000 t;i/b “Rossia” – 21.12.1985 i/b “Sovetsky Soyuz” – 29.12.1989 i/b “Yamal” – 28.10.1992 i/b “50 Let Pobedy” – 23.03.2007

6

Universal Atomic Icebreaker

7

Thank you for your attention!